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Heading to Lake Washington the first weekend in March. Coming from West KY and not gonna be able to leave until 4-5pm on Wednesday. Wanting to get to other side of Memphis (3hrs) and stop for the night. Any advice on a safe place to stay south of Memphis? I’d pull everything out of boat, but if we have to drive straight down then we would.
Hernando MS. 20 miles or so south of Memphis
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If we can leave town sooner we’re hoping to get further south, if not, that a safe area? Been to a concert in Safe Haven before, wasn’t sure about that area either. If we can make it further south is Cleveland a safe area for overnight boat storage?
I don’t know about with a boat but Cottonhouse downtown is newest and nicest but I do t know about parking. I’ve seen boats parked out front of the hotel on north side of Wendy’s Quality Inn or Holiday Inn Express. The one across from Baxter is nice too Hampton Inn. Cleveland is couple hours south of Memphis. And don’t stay in Clarksdale or Greenville.
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I don’t know your chosen route from West KY but I’ve found taking 412 from Dyersburg to Jackson, I-40 from Jackson to I-269, I-269 to Hernando takes Memphis out of the equation and makes for a much nicer trip.
I understand your concerns about leaving a boat in a motel parking lot overnight. I’m lucky enough to leave any time I want so we drive straight thru. We’ll be at Washington a few days after you will.
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Driving straight south from Murray through Tupelo and on to Lake Washington is a much more pleasant drive and only adds about 45 minutes.
Thanks guys. We’re trying to figure out how to leave early and make the whole trip. But might make a detour towards Enid thanks to eagle 1’s recommendation.
Doug- not sure I’m a good resource for someone like you, but I’d be more than welcome sharing any info I can with you. You’re reports on Ky normally give me a little direction!
Thanks! We tried to hire Brad Chappell and Patrick Stone but they were both booked. We want to make this a longline trolling trip so I decided to take my boat and wing it. I’ve talked to several guys who fish it a lot and got some good guidance. Of course everything depends on weather as to how close fish are to spawn. I’m hoping they are still holding off spawning.
Rickie (rnvinc) and Jere (CRP4570) and me. Staying at Roy’s south.
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We’re staying at Roy’s south also. This is my first time, so not sure what to expect. Think we’re going to run down and fish Eagle on Saturday since it’s the big mama tourney. I’ve gotten a little info from some guys at Arkema, so we’ll see what happens. After watching Brad’s seminar from Grizzly, I’m going to give long lining a try if we’re not having much luck.
If your going down 55, iv stayed at Comfort Suites in Batesville, MS many times. They accommodate fishermen and boats
All I’m carrying is longline tackle. Rickie will want to push jigs off the bow so he can play with all the electronics. Jere and I will longline and maybe run OR38 boards if the crowds allow me to.
I’ve got to work the Murray Boat Show the weekend you will be down there. My boat will be in the show so as soon as I can get it out of the CFSB Center on Sunday afternoon, I’ll load tackle in it and we’ll probably leave Benton around 3AM. GPS says it’s about 6 hour drive.
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Batesville, MS has the Comfort Inn and Fairfield Inn that I’ve stayed multiple times without any issues.Quote:
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As said Batesville is a good choice and no to Clarksdale or Greenville. If Cleveland, stay at one on the north side of town or downtown.
Sounds like Roy's south is the place to be ! we'll be in the big house ( roy's south ) that week , see you at the fish cleaning table !!!
Roy's Store can hook yall up with guides !!!
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Had a great time at Lake Washington, we had two pretty good days of fishing by our standards (low). Caught 90% of our fish within 400 yards of the same spot. The wind on Saturday beat us up pretty good, so we decided to come on home early. We thought we'd get close to our limit, then every day at noon the fish would almost completely stop biting and we'd struggle to pick up 5 fish from noon-5pm. Roy's #2 was a nice clean place, refrigerator went out but they quickly brought us another one. Was able to leave the boat in the water overnight, which was super nice. It was a 6HR drive for us, but I'd go back tomorrow if I could, I'd just stay longer than 3 days!
Next trip ask Roy's Store for Guide Service!!Quote:
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